Pure awesomeness! He's one of my favorite weightlifters. Here's another interview, with a transcript translated to english where he talks more about it. Apparently he's doing it just because of health reasons...but hey, pretty cool nonetheless.

there's also another very famous oly lifter from Russia who was on klokovs vlog that also went vegetarian because his coach recommended it for recovery. So deffinately, this is a huge step forward. It's about time people realize the benefits!!